Filtering Backup Content with Web Console

You can set filters to prevent specific type of files from being backed up. Filters can also be used to exclude certain system-related files and application files which consistently fail during the backup operation.

The following sections describe the steps to configure filters prior to a backup.

Your computer is configured with predefined filters defined by the administrator during the Web Console setup. The administrator defines these filters using a subclient policy associated with your client. If you want to include the files being excluded by the administrator, use the following steps to override the filters:

Note: By overriding the default filters, future content and filter selection changes made by the administrator will not apply to your client.

In the Exclude These Files/Folders/Patterns from Backup section, click Edit.

To remove folders, next to the folders to remove, and click the Delete Paths icon.

To confirm the deletion, click Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.

If you receive an error message concerning "Global Filters", the filter you are trying to remove is a global filter defined in the CommCell. You cannot remove a global filter using the Web Console. Contact your administrator for more information.

You can use wildcard characters to specify the pattern of filenames that you want to exclude. The following wildcard characters can be automatically detected in regular expressions when backing up or excluding the files or folders:

Wildcards

Description

Example

*

Any number of any characters.

*.doc- any file name with the extension ".doc" (e.g., status.doc, mission.doc)

a*.dll - any file name that begins with "a" and has the extension .dll (e.g., alsvc.dll, advdcc.dll)

?

Any one character.

access? - any file name that begins with- "access" followed by any one character (e.g., access1, access5).

**

Any directory level.

C:\**\move.cpp - the file named move.cpp located at any directory level under the c: drive. (e.g., c:\info\com\move.cpp)

C:\sys*\** - all directories starting with sys will be filtered.

[ ]

Any range of characters.

[ei]nsure.doc - any file name that ends with "nsure.doc" and begins either "e" or "i". (e.g., ensure.doc, insure.doc)

[a-m].doc - any file name that ends with ".doc" and begins with the letters "a" through "m" inclusive.

[! ]

The negation of a range of characters.

[!ei]nsure.doc - any file name that ends with "nsure.doc", but does not begin with "e" or "i". (e.g., unsure.doc)